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Factsheet 11 is now available 7th June 2012
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  • This Week's Programme
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  • On our next programme
  • Beechgrove is now on Twitter and Facebook

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    Greetings.



    The factsheet is now available.


    Best wishes - The Beechgrove Garden Team.

    		This Week's Programme
    Watering Can

    This week's programme is on Thursday 7th June at 7.30pm BBC2 Scotland or Sky Channel 990

    And repeated on Sunday 10th June at 12:00pm
    BBC2 Scotland or Sky Channel 990

    Also available on iPlayer - www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer

    		On this week's programme
    Basket

    Thursday 7th June, BBC 2, 7.30 pm.



    It's a jewel of a programme this week as Beechgrove goes a little Diamond Jubilee crazy. Carolyn has created a striking painting/planting by numbers Jubilee bedding plant scheme set off with red, white and blue hanging baskets meanwhile Lesley has designed a diamond shaped sophisticated planting scheme. Which one will receive royal recognition?

    Carolyn was inspired for her Jubilee planting scheme by visiting Perth's floral Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Perth - Scotland's newest City- is planning a weekend of excesses to celebrate the Queens diamond jubilee and as part of this the horticultural team will be prettying up the town to their usual high standard. There will be royal planters on the Queens bridge and the area outside the swimming pool will be a mass of red white and blue bedding. Carolyn takes a royal tour.

    Carolyn and Lesley take a look at the possible plants that might replace the beleaguered Busy Lizzies that have suffered so much the last couple of years in Scotland through high humidity and cool nights with Downy Mildew.

    Jim takes a last look (for this year) at his peat free multi-purpose compost trial in the Keder.

    		On our next programme
    Tools

    In the Beechgrove Garden, Jim is surrounded by the promise of a bumper crop of tomatoes this year as he takes a look at his favourite variety, Shirley, growing in Growbags as well as starting off a range of bush tomatoes to put a big T in his BLT.

    Jim also takes a look at the lawn to see if the early hollow tyning and moss treatment has made our lawn, fairway fair, golf green good or still in the rough.

    Pests, diseases, problems. The team answer an in box full of viewers gardening questions.

    Beechgrove helped the coastal community of Johnshaven start their community garden along the disused railway line in 2002 and now 10 years on, the volunteers are a bit overwhelmed by the growth of their garden. Carole gets her sleeves rolled up with a squad of Johnshaven volunteers get to work restoring their lovely garden. George visits Mertoun Garden in St Boswells, Roxburghshire widely recognised as a fine example of traditional gardening at its best. It is a three-acre walled vegetable garden with 21 acres of landscaped lawns, herbaceous borders and an arboretum packed with rare species, including trees dating from the mid 1800s.

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